Screening of plane S waves by an array of rigid piles in poroelastic soil

An array of rigid piles used as a screening barrier for plane shear (S) waves is investigated in a homogeneous unbounded space. The dynamic poroelastic theory of Biot is employed, under the assumption of an incompressible solid grain. Using Fourier-Bessel series, the problem of multiple scattering is solved by imposing continuity conditions and equilibrium conditions at the soil-pile interfaces with the translational addition theorem. A parametric analysis is conducted to investigate the influence of the permeability of poroelastic soil, separation between piles, number of piles and frequency of incident waves on screening effectiveness of the barrier, and the results are compared with those in an elastic soil medium. Computed results show that the intrinsic permeability of the soil medium displays an apparent effect on the screening of plane S waves.

A modified creep index and its application to viscoplastic modelling of soft clays

研究目的:提出一个更优的描述黏土非线性蠕变的方法。创新要点:1.提出了一个修正的蠕变系数,该系数与土体的密度相关,物理意义明确;2.将修正的蠕变系数嵌入到新开发的一个黏塑性模型中,实现了基于ABAQUS的本构二次开发;3.为工程实例的计算提供更为有效的模型。研究方法:1.总结广泛的调查土体蠕变试验结果,提出修正的蠕变系数(图3);2.给出修正的蠕变系数表示方法以及力学特性(图4);3.将所提系数嵌入到有限元程序中,验证了其准确性(图5)。重要结论:1.修正的蠕变系数可以很好地描述软黏土蠕变系数随孔隙比变化的规律;2.通过工程案例证实了修正系数的优越性。